One thing that I liked about this forum over the others is that the software is different. I also like that it is advert free.

We could all chip in and pay to get the upgrade, which probably needs to be done for security reasons as well. My main concern would be that there is an up-to-date back-up so that we never lose any data.

The shout box is cool but I think we could do without, it doesn't display on my phone correctly anyway.

My biggest complaint with the forum IS the software. It's an odd ball, probably because on the back end it's a little wonky. The SPAM features obviously don't work since I now manually register everyone because we were having so many problems. I do think that the update adds better security. I know moving from one software to another can be tricky, but I think phpBB is the best out there as far as over all functionality, and it's free. I'm admin on forums that use Web Wiz (this forum), Simple Machines, and phpBB and phpBB has been the least troublesome. This forum is slow enough where I'm ok manually registering everyone, but it would be nice to be able to have automatic registration again. In the end, I'm ok with any option, they all have their upsides.

I wrote a lot of yadi-daa only to have it deleted when I tried to post it, so here's a short version:

I'll be trying to do a conversion to phpBB sometime soon, to see how many problems it's actually causing - my concern right now, is that all passwords will be invalidated, so it's important that all users e-mail addresses are correct, so they can receive new ones.

I appreciate that you're willing to chip in on the costs. I had actually thought about adding a Google Ad previously but decided not to, as I don't really like the idea. Also, I'm not looking to profit in any way on this forum but it would be nice to cover some of the costs.

Who knows, maybe I'll add a Donate-button sometime, then people can put a tip in the jar, if they feel like it.

I don't post a lot but I check the site almost every day, I'd be happy to chip in a yearly "subscription" or whatever. FWIW another forum I go on has just switched to Xenforo and it's pretty good from a user point of view.

How many active members are there on the site? Is there a way Admin can tell?

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